Politics

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Mr Trump delivered an “astonishing political knifing” to Mrs May, CNN said President Trump’s comments to British newspaper The Sun are being described in the US as a “Brexit bomb” – but some White House correspondents are querying whether he really intended to rule out a trade deal with the […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSadiq Khan, Mayor of London: “It’s not for me to be the censor” The mayor of London says he will not rise to Donald Trump’s “beastly” accusation that he did “a terrible job” after 2017’s terror attacks. The US president used an interview ahead of his UK […]

Image copyright House of CommonsImage caption Jared O’Mara was suspended by the Labour Party in October A Labour MP who was suspended over alleged misogynistic and homophobic comments has resigned from the party. Jared O’Mara was suspended in October over a series of online posts and claims he verbally abused a woman. He was reinstated […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAlison McGovern said it was hard to see how consent for adoption was given by the mothers Theresa May has been urged to apologise “on behalf of the nation” to women who were pressured into handing over babies for adoption decades ago. Labour MP Alison McGovern said […]

Image copyright Getty Images Donald Trump has raised questions about whether the UK’s current Brexit plan is “what they voted for”. The US president said “Brexit is Brexit” but it was turning out “a little bit differently” with the UK “partially involved” with the EU. “Maybe they’re taking a little bit of a different route,” […]

Image copyright Getty Images The government has published its blueprint for UK relations with the EU, with Theresa May saying it “delivers on the Brexit people voted for”. But Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was a “bad deal for Britain”. The long-awaited White Paper is aimed at ensuring trade co-operation, with no hard border […]

Image copyright Getty Images The UK government has cleared a proposed deal for Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox to buy Sky. The British broadcaster has been the subject of a fierce bidding war between Fox and US cable giant Comcast. Comcast’s bid has already been cleared, and Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said Fox can go […]

Labour has called for a total review of the government’s so-called “hostile environment” policy after ministers said part of it had been paused. Data-sharing aimed at identifying illegal migrants has been suspended for three months so people from the Windrush generation were not “erroneously impacted”. The government has already apologised over the Windrush saga. But […]

Image copyright Getty Images The government says it has no plans to introduce gender neutral titles for members of the House of Lords who do not identify as a man or a woman. A consultation is under way on how to make it easier for transsexual people to legally change their gender. Ministers are also […]

Image copyright PA Victims of alleged harassment at Westminster have told the BBC that others affected are still too frightened to come forward. One victim suggested “forces are trying to scupper” plans for a new complaints system due to be published next week. The proposals, to be debated by MPs, will only see complaints from […]

Image copyright PAImage caption Lord Carrington with then Prime Minister Thatcher in 1980 Former UK Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, who was the last surviving member of Churchill’s 1950s government, has died aged 99. The Conservative politician was also a former defence secretary. He resigned as foreign secretary in 1982 after the Falkland Islands were invaded […]

Image copyright Downing StreetImage caption Theresa May tweeted a picture of the cabinet, saying it had been a “productive” meeting Theresa May’s new-look cabinet has met for the first time after a string of resignations over her Brexit strategy left her government in crisis. Mrs May was forced to carry out a reshuffle of her […]